In Every Face I Meet
by Justin Cartwright
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Set against the background of Nelson Mandela's release and Mrs Thatcher's resignation, this is the story of Anthony Northleach. Novelist Justin Cartwright takes a piercing and savagely comic look at England toward the end of the 1980s.Tags
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This book gets off to a slow start being an internal monologue of the main protagonist, Anthony Northleach. Eventually the narrative voice changes bringing in new and diverse characters and the pace picks up.
In fact, this became a very satisfying read, cleverly crafted and shockingly real. I have another one of his books to read and now look forward to it.
In fact, this became a very satisfying read, cleverly crafted and shockingly real. I have another one of his books to read and now look forward to it.
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Booker Prize
491 works; 62 members
Man Booker Prize Longlist 1995
5 works; 2 members
Booker Prize Shortlist: Titles Not Yet Read
161 works; 4 members
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26+ Works 1,803 Members
Justin Cartwright was born in Cape Town, South Africa in 1945. He graduated from Trinity College, Oxford. Before becoming an author, he worked in advertising and in film and documentary directing. He wrote 13 novels including Interior, Look at It This Way, White Lightning, Half in Love, The Promise of Happiness, The Song Before It Is Sung, To show more Heaven by Water, Other People's Money, Lion Heart, and Up Against the Night. In Every Face I Meet won a Commonwealth Writers Prize and Leading the Cheers won the Whitbread Novel Award. He also wrote three non-fiction books entitled Not Yet Home, This Secret Garden, and Oxford Revisited. He died on December 3, 2018 at the age of 73. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- London, England, UK; South Africa
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